Zhuo Xiaolou stared at the steps and followed the guide carefully to the attic of Yubeifang.
The cicadas in the late summer have not stopped, but the sunset has slowly set, leaving a ray of afterglow hanging in the sky far away. The first thing she heard was a burst of unbridled, powdery laughter.
The person who led the way moved away, and what caught her eyes was a picture full of intoxication and intoxication.
The few women were sitting together, and the maids beside them were busy pouring tea and water for them. They were beautiful and enchanting, dressed boldly, and the corners of their tall eyes were filled with tears of laughter. The elder sister who led the way smiled softly at her, as if to comfort her not to be nervous. In fact, why was she nervous? At that time, the cicadas in the summer gave her a headache, and the afterglow of the setting sun made her eyes dizzy, and she felt dizzy. Huhu, there are only a few girls with heavy makeup and gorgeous looks in his head not far away.
Zhuo Xiaolou nodded obediently towards the guide, and was so obedient that she let the other party hold her hand. Before she took a step, there were pounding footsteps behind her. Before she could turn back, she was bumped to the side, only to hear The elder sister who led the way let out a cry, and when she looked at Langan again, it was the arrogant and unparalleled appearance of the girl who met for the first time.
It was the first time that Zhuo Xiaolou, who was only ten years old, saw Mu Kui, the courtesan named Chang'an, who appeared in the sunset on a certain day in the appearance of a shrew, holding a wooden basin with one hand on his hip and the other in the other. , bared his teeth at the girls in front of them who were in a state of embarrassment. Zhuo Xiaolou stood still in the corridor, and the cicadas that had been filling her ears seemed to recede in an instant. She heard the girl's crisp and loud laughter, like a kingfisher singing in the early morning in Chang'an City.
From now on, she will be the maid of this glamorous oiran, learning from her how to grow into a woman who can charm men.
This woman is difficult to serve. Zhuo Xiaolou knew it on the first day she came to serve her.
When she walked through the long corridor to the door of Mu Kui, she had already heard the sound of ping-pong-pong inside. Two girls of the same age at the door opened the wooden door, and she saw the girl with her hair down and kneeling in a white shirt. Sitting in front of the dresser, he was hunching over and turning over the drawers. Qing Rong, the maid who had been serving Mu Kui before, was anxious to stop Mu Kui's irrational behavior: "Auntie, stop quickly, I'll find your silver-edged emerald pearl hairpin, eh - don't throw it away. ah… "
And Yan Kui didn't listen to Qing Rong's words at all, and rummaged for things on his own. Seeing Zhuo Xiaolou standing at the door, Qingrong frowned and said, "What are you doing, come and help!"
So Zhuo Xiaolou hurriedly picked up his skirt and went over to help.
The hairpin was not found but waited for a mahogany box brought by my mother. Inside the box is the invitation letter of the present Seventh Prince. At that time, Kui was still rummaging for things on her own, but her mother seemed a little submissive: "Girl, Your Highness said that if you don't go, you won't give face to others. Tell me, how dare I disobey the prince's intentions as an old lady?"
Yan Kui didn't stop at all, and said directly: "Then you say that I'm sick. It's a big disease, and it can infect people."
Mom was in a hurry: "Auntie, this banquet is on the second day of the Hua Kui banquet. If you want me to say that, the Hua Kui banquet will not be possible!"
Huan Kui stopped and gave her a sideways look, "You also said that on the second day of the Hua Kui Banquet, I didn't want to wait for those men's eyes and to wait non-stop for their bodies."
Seeing that the mother couldn't make sense, she turned around and called a maid. She took out the contents of the box held by the maid and laughed, "Look, girl, this is the Pearl of the East China Sea specially sent by His Highness the Seventh Highness, but the old lady has never seen such a big pearl, and it is not as bright as ordinary things. …”
Before she could finish her words, Mui Kui had already been successfully attracted to her, and her love of jewelry and money was one of the characteristics of this girl. She held the bead in her hand and scrutinized it for a long time, and finally opened her mouth with interest: "What did the Seventh Highness say?"
"His Royal Highness said, I hope the girl can perform a dance that night to entertain the distinguished guests from afar." Seeing Mu Kui frowning slightly, her mother hurriedly continued: "The Seventh Highness also said that as long as the girl goes to dance Dance, just say whatever you want... There are so many things, the old lady can't remember them."
Yan Kui raised her eyebrows, tapped the table with her fingers, and a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of her lips.
"Then tell him that Kui will be on time for the appointment."
Mom touched the sweat on her forehead and smiled with satisfaction.
Zhuo Xiaolou watched as her mother wiped away the sweat and retreated step by step, while Mu Kui finally found her emerald agate hairpin, but the moment she got the hairpin, the beautiful face she was expecting suddenly collapsed, as if she was very disappointed. , said disgustedly: "Ah, it turns out to be so ugly..." She looked very helpless, and threw the hairpin at random and got up and went back to change clothes, while Zhuo Xiaolou and Qingrong had to stay to clean and they were turned over by her. Messy room.
Ren Kui is not only a difficult girl to serve, but also an elusive girl. This is what Zhuo Xiaolou realized in the following days. Although she only followed her for a few months, her understanding of herself has always been firm.
That day, when she brought back the newly made clothes by Kui, she was almost taken aback by the situation in the house.
Qing Rong walked out from behind the screen, took the clothes in her hand and shoved the fan in her hand to her, then went to work on her own. Zhuo Xiaolou looked around at the ice cubes piled up around the house, and silently lamented for himself in his heart.
Turning into the screen, Mu Kui was lying on the brocade pillow embroidered with tangled branches and lotus patterns, looking slightly drunk. Zhuo Xiaolou silently stepped forward to give her a fan, she didn't even lift her eyelids, just when Zhuo Xiaolou felt that her arms were too sore to lift, Qingrong's voice came from outside the screen: "Sister, sharpen the mirror. is here again."
Yan Kui finally opened his eyes, looked at Zhuo Xiaolou like a gift, and said as a gift: "Remove this broken thing." Zhuo Xiaolou didn't realize until Qingrong started to pull the screen, it turned out that this "broken thing" The thing' is not talking about herself. At that time, Kui was still thinking about it. It was roughly that the screen was given to her by the son of a certain firm. She said that it was a rare jade. It could be used for summer and winter, but it was used for anything. No, the liar who said that the son was a goddess cursed the eight generations of his ancestors by the way. Zhuo Xiaolou helped Qing Rong to clean up the screen, and then heard Qing Rong call outside the house, "Come in, the seller."
The young man with a handsome face seemed to be prepared. He took off his shoes and wrapped a layer of clean cloth on the outside of his socks. He seemed a little afraid of soiling this magnificent house. He carefully arranged his clothes and luggage for a while. Just came in, unloaded the container, took the mirror that Qing Rong handed over, and started grinding without saying a word.
Pun Kui seemed to be very familiar with this mirror polisher. He was lying on the couch in a lifeless manner, but now he was in a mood to hold his chin and turned his head to look at him with a smile.
That smile made Zhuo Xiaolou tremble with fear, but as expected, she heard Pun Kui whisper in her delicate and crooked voice, "Seller—"
The young man lowered his head to grind the mirror unmoved.
"Seller—"
No one pays attention to her.
"Selling!"
The young man still didn't speak, Zhuo Xiaolou shrank his head, turned his head to see Qingrong's uncontrollable expression, and was a little surprised for a while.
Pun Kui finally lost his patience, jumped up from the bed, stepped forward and kicked the mirror in the person's hand. The young man looked at the mirror that flew out, drooping his head and blushing.
"Seller, why are you dumb?" She squatted down, leaned in and said, "I haven't seen you for a month, and your temper has gotten so big?"
"...No." The seller finally spoke up, seeming a little disappointed.
"When the girl called you, did you agree to it?"
"… no."
Zhuo Xiaolou wanted to continue watching Mui Kui molesting the peddler, but Qing Rong gently pulled her and motioned her to go out. After closing the door, she couldn't hear Mui Kui's teasing voice, but she was very curious, what is the relationship between Mui Kui and this salesman, why he was sluggish a moment ago and then jumping around.
Qing Rong glanced at her, dragged her and said as she walked, "Don't look down on this seller, he is very capable."
Zhuo Xiaolou blushed suddenly, lowered his head and did not dare to speak. Who knew that Qing Rong tapped her head in disbelief and scolded: "Little broken child, where did you want to go? It's not that skill!"
Qing Rong sighed and asked, "You know that I send a rose flower to my sister's house every day, right?" She glanced at the room behind her and raised her eyebrows, "That person sent it."
I heard from Qingrong that the seller had to pass through Yubei Square every day, and asked Qingrong to send flowers to Kui every day. At first, Qingrong didn't care, only thinking that the rose was really beautiful, so she went to the bottle day. Days inserted, thinking about what kind of girl that Punkui was, how could such a poor family take it seriously, but one day Punkui suddenly asked, and she said that it was a gift from someone else.
Qing Rong said that at that time, Kui held the rose flower and looked at it for a long time, and then suddenly laughed mockingly.
That night, the salesman entered the Yubei Square, which he had only wandered by the door, and met the girl who delivered flowers every day.
At that time, Kui was as coquettish as ever, holding a cigarette stick in his right hand and breathing the mist, squinting at the salesman from the mist. He lowered his head and clenched his fists, nervously speechless.
"That rose flower was given by you?"
No one answered her, only the man who dared not even look at her nodded slightly.
"What do you do?"
The salesman shook the strap of the cargo box beside him and replied in a low voice, "Sell, sell mirrors."
Huan Kui laughed like he heard some kind of joke, stood up and walked staggeringly to the seller's side, raised his chin, and said, "You know you sell mirrors, how dare you give me flowers? "
His face turned pale, his whole body trembled slightly, but he still didn't say anything.
Mui Kui crouched down and said, "Do you know how much gold and jewelry you need to sleep with me all night, eh?"
"Know."
She didn't expect that there was no hesitation in his answer this time, she raised her eyebrows slightly, and then smiled and spat: "You know shit."
He didn't say a word, just lowered his head silently.
Mui Kui squatted down and patted his face: "Did you know that the house where you can enter the girl are all princes, nobles, merchants, and nobles, you are a mirror seller, you don't even have the right to look at this girl, and you pay for it every day. Send me flowers, do you deserve it?"
Seeing that she had trained him to be speechless, she was very proud, but she heard the peddler who had been docile and bowed his head in a low voice, "Might be shown to me..."
"What?" She didn't hear clearly, and she stepped forward, only to see that the other party suddenly raised his head to look at her and said, "You clearly let me see, and you still smiled at me..."
Pan Kui's eyes widened and he was confused when he heard him continue: "that day you were standing in the attic, I saw you as soon as I looked up, you looked at me there and smiled very well..."
Yan Kui reacted, blinked her eyes, and couldn't help laughing and crying. She got up and kicked over the seller's box, and said to Qingrong, "Did you hear me, did you hear me? It's this kind of person, this girl can't even laugh. Can't laugh, did you hear it, did you hear it?" Qing Rong responded in agreement, but saw that Mu Kui suddenly calmed down, as if thinking of something fun.
She turned around and pushed the salesman down, straddled him before he could react, and teased, "If this girl doesn't just laugh at you, what will you give me every day from now on?" After that, she said When she started to untie her belt, Qingrong was a sensible person. Although she wanted to continue watching the nervous look of the salesman, she just covered her mouth and quietly retreated.
The author has something to say: First of all, this is a medium, which is a test of the water.
In my mind, it was originally a heart-wrenching story, but when I wrote it, it turned out to be only the love of children. When I wrote it, I found it was very hypocritical. I really wanted to give up, but I couldn't bear it, so I just wrote it down regardless.
Again, the Chang'an in the text is not Chang'an, and the Daming Palace is not the Daming Palace. It's just that I like Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty so much, so I used its name and layout. , but the space-time is indeed overhead, so make it clear here.